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| Sidney Schwartz's photo album/scrapbook |
Today is my
parents’ anniversary – they were married 68 years ago. So here is their story,
in honor of their special day.
When
Florence Gold and Sidney Schwartz were teenagers, they lived in the same apartment building
on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, New York. Mom liked telling the story that when
she saw Dad in the building, she said “I’m going to marry him one day!”. They
began dating in 1946 when she was 15 and Dad was 17.
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| Possible engagement portrait, 1949 |
In 1949 there was a trip to Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey and 1950 they took another trip to DC with friends.
At last,
they were married on February 10, 1951.
Life as a
married couple began with Sidney’s service in the Army. They were together in El
Paso, Texas most of 1952
where Sidney was stationed at Ft Bliss. By then (September 1952),
Florence was pregnant with her first child. They were back in Brooklyn when
baby Matty was born in January 1953, then they were apart for a brief time
while Sidney was stationed in San Francisco where he was discharged from the
Army at the end of 1953.
Florence and Sidney relocated to Maryland where they had another
son and a daughter. Sidney spent most of his career at the Government Printing
Office in Washington DC, working the night shift, while Florence worked
part-time as a bookkeeper at John Ligon in Bethesda.
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| Family portrait 1967 |
Over the years, they had many friends with whom they enjoyed
playing bridge (including duplicate bridge), dining, and traveling. Florence and
Sidney loved to travel -- their most memorable trips together were to Hawaii
for their 25th anniversary and to London.
